Information For Authors

Research Publication Policy of the Libyan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

1- Receiving scientific papers submitted for publication via email to the journal, by correspondence, or by personal attendance at the journal’s office. The submission form must be completed and signed by the author. The submission form must be given a serial number with the date and year included.

2-The received scientific papers will be referred to the head and members of the editorial board for initial evaluation in terms of the scientific paper’s compatibility with the field of research publication in the journal, and the extent of the researcher’s commitment to observing the publication conditions. The editorial board members will respond within one week of receiving the paper.

3- The plagiarism detection test is conducted using a specialized program in both Arabic (Al-Kashef) and English (Plagiarism Checker).

4- When the editorial board’s responses regarding the suitability of the paper’s topic to the journal’s publication conditions are met, and in the event of any comments on the paper in particular, the researcher will be informed of the comments and required amendments by writing to the author and will be asked to make the amendments, if the required amendments are made, they will be referred to the referees for evaluation. The editorial board has the right to reject the scientific paper if it does not conform to the journal's field of specialization or if the researcher does not comply with the publication conditions.

5- The scientific paper will be referred to three referees specialized in the field of the paper, along with a letter of assignment, an evaluation form, and a copy of the publication conditions. They will be selected based on their field of expertise, which aligns with the field of the scientific paper. The referee must respond with the result and decision of his/her referee within two weeks of receiving the correspondence.

6- Upon completion of receiving the evaluation results and the referees’ report on the paper, the author will be notified of the evaluation result as follows:

-  If two referees accept the paper (acceptance without modifications or with modifications), the author makes the required modifications and submits them to the journal, where the editorial board sends them to the referees for final evaluation. If the author adheres to them, the paper is accepted for publication.

-  If the scientific paper is rejected by two referees, an official letter of rejection will be sent to the author, along with the reasons for the rejection.

- After completing all scientific and technical amendments, the papers are referred to the linguistic reviewers (Arabic and English) for linguistic review.

- The proofreading comments are referred to the authors to make the necessary amendments.

- After the linguistic review is completed, the paper enters the formatting and editing stage to be ready for publication on the journal’s website.

- A copy of the paper in its final form (after editing) is sent to the author for review before publication on the website.

- Acceptance letters for scientific papers are prepared and sent to authors.

- After completing these procedures, the paper will be published on the journal's website.